Alumni

May 12, 2025

Ron Chew heads Washington AARP

Ron Chew, a lifelong Seattle resident and community advocate, will lead activities on behalf of 870,000 Washington AARP members.

May 9, 2025

Light the way

Shanise Kemp combined her experience in supply chain logistics with her husband's newfound love for candles into her own small business.

May 8, 2025

The kuleana of cloth

Artist Malia Peoples uses kapa clothmaking to reconnect with her heritage and share Hawaiian culture in the Pacific Northwest.

May 5, 2025

Hall of a guy

Dave Torrell's volunteer duties have included running a museum, acting as Don James and collecting one-of-a-kind memorabilia.

May 2, 2025

Husky fever

David Torrell of Husky Fever Hall of Fame legend shares some of his fondest memories at the UW.

April 22, 2025

Pamela Mitchell

Golden grad

Pamela Mitchell, who taught at the UW for half a century, earned the 2025 Golden Graduate Distinguished Alumna Award for her contributions to the UW and her innovative work in patient care.

March 25, 2025

Getting toasted

Jaafar Altameemi and Murat Akyüz created TOASTED. Bagels & Coffee as a home away from home.

March 18, 2025

David Bonderman, 1942–2024

David Bonderman’s all-expenses-paid travel fellowships enable UW students to broaden their cultural horizons.

March 17, 2025

Spring media

Books and podcasts to brighten your spring. Because reading is what? Fundamental.

March 12, 2025

A collage of photographs from the year 1900, featuring six white men, two women, one Black man and one Japanese man.

UW Law turns 125

Hugh Spitzer, a retired law professor from the UW School of Law, reflects on 125 years of the law school's commitment to diversity.

March 11, 2025

Line drawing of a woman with shoulder length brown hair examining a harbor seal featuring a bucket of fish.

Aquarist extraordinaire

Now a supervisor of birds and mammals with the Seattle Aquarium, Aubrey Theiss took an unconventional path to her dream career.

March 7, 2025

Jean Smart smiles at a bar with three SAG awards digitally added in her hands

Running out of room

Jean Smart won her third Screen Actors Guild award, adding to an already impressive pile of trophies.

March 6, 2025

A man and woman smile in front of a bookshelf in their home

The life eclectic

Two "deep nerds" turned an old grocery building into a home where creativity, fandom and intellectual curiosity collide.

March 5, 2025

A woman in a beige sweater and red scarf stands confidently at the seaside

United vision

A new relationship between UW Medicine and Fred Hutch creates the UW’s nationally renowned adult cancer program.

February 28, 2025

A woman poses with a stack of copies of the book that she authored

A sweet new read

Sujin Witherspoon, UW alumna and full-time author, describes her writing process and explores her identity in a Q&A.

February 5, 2025

Black and white studio portrait of a woman dancing with her arms in the air

Top hits and perfect 10s

Former Husky gymnast and current Bruins choreographer BJ Das has danced with Beyoncé—now she coaches Olympians.

January 30, 2025

A woman in a white tank top and green pants with braided hair leans against a workbench and smiles

True alchemy

UW Bioengineering grad Amanda Woodcock designs funky and functional glass and ceramics.

January 17, 2025

A group of tough-looking young men and women stand at ease in a boxing gym.

Saturday night's alright for a fight

Each year, the UW's boxing club participates in a collegiate bout at the Washington Athletic Club.

A man in a pink golf shirt stands on the shore of an island with a golf course in the background.

Club experience

For former UW Driving Range instructor Scott Ashworth, living in paradise and teaching golf isn't a bad gig.

January 16, 2025

Four researchers pose wearing heavy winter gear and holding shovels in an icy landscape

Ice spy

UW alum Peter Neff is no stranger to dangerous helicopter rides in the world's most remote and frigid landscape.